2010/10/12 Olivier Méjean <omej...@yahoo.fr>: > > Free and non-free is pretty simple, once we have agreed on what's free and > what's not ! > > For example, Lame is a free software (GPL) but i may not be free according to > patents if software patents are legal and it depends on the country.
Yes, but there is a third group: software which may be illegal to be used in certain countries. This has nothing to do with free or non-free. For example, friends of the movie industry claim that libdvdcss is illegal in Germany, other legal experts claim just the opposite. This issue never went to court because IMO the movie industry does not want to risk a court decision against them (like in France). So they keep publishing FUD about this and it's up to the user to decide which side he thinks is right - not a good idea in a legal issue.
